The Alamagoozlum Conspiracy
Charles H-Baker’s five-spirit, egg white cocktail—a supposed favorite of J.P. Morgan’s—seems too ludicrous to have existed. Maybe it didn’t.
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Bring Back the Queen Bee
Bartender Abigail Gullo re-imagines the Buenos Aires-born Charles H. Baker classic.
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Eric Medsker
The D List: Bringing Back the Antrim Cocktail
Bartender Selma Slabiak makes a case for this forgotten classic from the mind of “a careful, almost clinical, student of potable liquids.”
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Bumble Bee
A crowd favorite, this frothy, rich and bright drink is from Charles H. Baker’s The South American Gentleman’s Companion.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
Gin Fizz Tropical
A fancy silver fizz from Charles H. Baker's 1939 Gentleman’s Companion made with orgeat, pineapple gum and a decadent garnish.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
Pan American Clipper
The original Clipper recipe was sourced from a Pan Am pilot.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
Why Your Daiquiri Isn’t the Same As Hemingway’s
The founder of Small Hand Foods investigates why the limes America’s bartenders used a century ago are at odds with the citrus we shake with today.
- story: Jennifer Colliau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Mexican Firing Squad
The Mexican Firing Squad is one of the many cocktails documented by world traveler, cocktail writer and historian Charles H. Baker, discovered at the La Cucaracha Bar in Mexico City…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Remember the Maine
Described first by spirits writer Charles H. Baker in his 1939 classic, the Gentleman’s Companion, this rye-based drink has an ingredient list that’s part Sazerac, part Manhattan.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Daniel Krieger
